Music request - Black is the Color

ThorntonRose · Post by **ThorntonRose** » Thu Jul 19, 2001 6:18 am

Does anyone have the music for "Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair"?

~ Thornton

LittleMy · Post by **LittleMy** » Thu Jul 19, 2001 3:21 pm

<a href="http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtra ... w">This</a> might be helpful. Also, listen to the Nina Simone version of the song. That's how I learned it.

Tom_Gaul · Post by **Tom_Gaul** » Thu Jul 19, 2001 3:45 pm

I found the song in some of my old folk song books. It was written in 3/2 time in a non-whistle key so I wrote it out in 3/4 time using Melody Assistant and transposed it for a D whistle and created this ABC file. It is the version collected by Cecil Sharp in the Southern Appalachians. There is another version as sung by John Jacob Niles that is a little different. I like this version because it has that nice modal mountain sound! Takes me back to my folk singing days! Let me know if this is the version that you are looking for.

X:1
T:Title: Black Is The Color
C:Cecil Sharp Version
I:Modified to 3/4 time and transposed to A modal for tin whistle by Tom Gaul
Q:1/4=120
V:1
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:D
e2 e2 A2 |c6 |dc A2 G2 |A6 |
e2 e2 g2 |a6 |ga ba g2 |e6 |
e2 e2 g2 |a6 |ga ba g2 |e6 |
e2 e2 A2 |c6 |dc A2 G2 |A6 |]
%End of file

Best wishes, Tom

P.S. Posted this before I saw the other message which has the Niles version, so now you have two versions!

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